List of national parks of Hungary - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

has 10 national parks, 145 minor nature reserves and 35 landscape protection areas. This list includes national parks only.

The Aggtelek and Hortobágy National Parks are also UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Name	Established	Map	Picture
Hortobágy National Park Hortobágy Hortobágy is both the name of a village in Hajdú-Bihar county and an 800 km² national park in Eastern Hungary, rich with folklore and cultural history. The park, a part of the Alföld , was designated as a national park in 1973 , and elected among the World Heritage sites in 1999...	1972
Kiskunság National Park Kiskunság National Park The Kiskunság National Park is a national park located mainly in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It was created in 1975 and declared a biosphere reserve by the UNESCO...	1975
Bükk National Park Bükk National Park The Bükk National Park is a national park in the Bükk Mountains of Northern Hungary, near Miskolc. It was founded in 1976 as the third national park of the country. It contains 431.3 km² . It is the largest national park in Hungary with mountains and forests, situated in the Northern mountains,...	1976
Aggtelek National Park Aggtelek National Park Aggtelek National Park is a national park in Northern Hungary, in the Aggtelek Karst region. It was founded in 1985. It contains 198.92 km² . It has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 1995...	1985
Fertő-Hanság National Park Ferto-Hanság National Park The Fertő-Hanság National Park is a national Park in North-West Hungary in Győr-Moson-Sopron county. It was created in 1991, and officially opened together with the connecting Austrian Neusiedler See National Park the same year...	1991
Danube-Drava National Park Danube-Drava National Park Danube-Drava National Park was founded in 1996 and is located in the south west of Hungary. Current area is 490 square kilometres and the majority of national park sites are located within Danube and Drava floodland areas. Altogether 190 km² are Ramsar wetlands. Black stork and White-tailed eagle...	1996
Körös-Maros National Park Körös-Maros National Park Körös-Maros National Park is one of the 10 national parks in Hungary , located in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain. The park was created in 1997 for the protection of birds....	1997
Balaton Uplands National Park Balaton Uplands National Park In 1997 a protected ecological system embracing the adjoining area of the Balaton Uplands was established with the connection of the already protected areas which had been separate for a long time...	1997
Danube-Ipoly National Park	1997
Őrségi National Park	2002

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